Today, 8th October is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who support Asociación Girasol here in the northern part ofAntequera,Spain: Alameda, Fuente de Piedra, Humilladero, and Mollina, for the fantastic work you are doing.

We send a big hug to our colleagues: Cudeca who are representingSpainin “Voices for Hospices 2011”

And I would like to tell you about a wonderful thing that happened today. I received a call from one of our supporters saying that she had remembered that it was World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, and she wanted to give us something that her daughter had made to sell to raise funds for our cause. She arrived on my doorstep with a bag of lovely, hand-made rings: pure craftsmanship: all different, and beautiful, and they will be in our stall at Saydo, next week.

I cannot express the gratitude I feel for this day. We appreciate the voluntary work done by all, and above all, we remember our loved ones and carers